Devin: ROGER WEBER REPORTING LIVE FROM RAINY DOWNTOWN. Carmen: JURY SELECTION GOT UNDER WAY IN THE CIPRIANO MURDER TRIAL AND TUCKER CIPRIANO AND HIS FRIEND MITCHELL YOUNG ARE ACCUSED OF BEATING THE CIPRIANO FAMILY WITH BASEBALL BATS, KILLING THE FATHER. JUST AS THINGS GOT STARTED IN COURT TODAY, THERE WAS A TWIST INVOLVING A MEMBER OF THE CIPRIANO FAMILY. LOCAL 4 "DEFENDER" HANK WINCHESTER JOINS US TO SORT IT OUT FOR US. HANK? Hank: A BIG TWIST, MANY THAT TOOK PEOPLE BY SURPRISE TODAY. GREG CIPRIANO, TUCKER'S UNCLE, HAS BEEN TALKING WITH VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS, INCLUDING LOCAL 4, GETTING HIS MESSAGE OUT SAYING THE FAMILY DOES NOT WANT A TRIAL, THEY WANT A PLEA DEAL, AND HE PUTS THE BLAME ON JESSICA COOPER. THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE TOOK ACTION TO MAKE SURE GREG CIPRIANO OR ANY OTHER POTENTIAL WITNESS WILL NO LONGER BE TALKING TO THE MEDIA UNTIL THIS IS OVER. TUCKER CIPRIANO IN COURT TODAY AS JURY SELECTION GETS UNDER WAY. BUT FIRST, A NEW TWIST IN THE ONGOING BATTLE BETWEEN GREG CIPRIANO AND OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR JESSICA COOPER. THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FILING AN EMERGENCY MOTION TODAY WORKING TO PREVENT ALL POTENTIAL WITNESSES, INCLUDING GREG CIPRIANO, FROM TALKING ABOUT THE CASE TO THE MEDIA. WAS THIS ACTION TAKEN TODAY BECAUSE OF THE STATEMENTS GREG CIPRIANO HAS MADE TO THE MEDIA? I THINK THAT'S PRETTY FREFT THE PEOPLE'S MOTION WHICH I BELIEVE HAS BEEN FILED. I WAS SENT A COPY OF IT AS SOON AS IT WAS COMPLETED. BUT IT'S BEING ARGUED WITH THE JUDGE, SO I'M SURE THAT IT'S FILED WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE ALSO. THAT'S ALL IN THERE. Hank: GREG CIPRIANO STARTED SPEAKING OUT LAST WEEK, ANGERED AND DISAPPOINTED THE PROSECUTOR WOULD NOT HAMMER TO WORK OUT A PLEA DEAL. CIPRIANO SAID THE TRIAL WOULD BE TOO TAXING ON THE FAMILY, INCLUDING ON ROSE CIPRIANO, WHO SENT THESE LETTERS TO THE PROSECUTOR, ALSO HOPING FOR A DEAL. THE DESIRE TO PUT THIS IN NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION AND AT THE COST OF OUR FAMILY. Hank: TODAY, WORK GOT UNDER WAY SELECTING A JURY, NOT AN EASY TASK WITH ALL THE MEDIA ATTENTION ON THIS CASE. MOST PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY FORMULATED AN OPINION. THOSE OPINIONS APPEAR TO BE FAVORABLE TO THE PROSECUTION. Hank: BACK OUT HERE LIVE. AT LEAST HALF QUESTIONED BY THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE SAY THEY HAD HEARD VERY LITTLE ABOUT TUCKER CIPRIANO AND THE INVESTIGATION DURING THE LAST YEAR. THEY WILL BE BACK HERE ON WEDNESDAY TO CONTINUE QUESTIONING AND THEY MAY END UP AS JURORS ON THIS CASE. OPENING STATEMENTS COULD BEGIN ON FRIDAY. LIVE HERE, HANK WINCHESTER, BACK TO YOU. Carmen: I'LL LET YOU GET OUT OF THE RAIN IN JUST A SECOND. WHAT ABOUT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CIPRIANO, WERE THEY IN COURT TODAY? Hank: THEY WERE NOT. I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT YESTERDAY AND HE SAID HE WILL NOT COME TO COURT UNTIL HE'S CALLED AS A WITNESS. HE WANTED TO GET THE FAMILY'S

PONTIAC, Mich. -

Tucker Cipriano was in court Monday as jury selection got underway.

As things began in court a new twist arose due to an ongoing battle between Tucker's uncle Greg Cipriano and Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper.

The Prosecutor's Office filed an emergency order on Monday working to prevent all potential witnesses from talking to the media about the case. The bottom line is Cooper wants to stop Greg Cipriano from talking to the media.

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Greg Cipriano started speaking out last week. He was angered and disappointed that the prosecutor would not work to hammer out a plea deal. He said the trial would be too taxing on all of the family, including Tucker's mother Rose Cipriano, who sent letters to the prosecutor hoping for a plea deal.

"(There is) desire to put this in the national media attention, and it's at the cost of our family," said Greg.

Selecting a jury in this case will not be an easy task with all of the media attention building up to the trial.

"Most people have already formulated an opinion. Those opinions appear to be fair to the prosecution," said Mitch Ribitwer, attorney representing Tucker Cipriano.

Tucker Cipriano and his friend, Mitchell Young, are charged with 1st degree murder in the baseball bat beatings which left Tucker's father, Bob Cipriano, dead and his mother and brother seriously injured.

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